PowerPoint: 3 cool animation creations

Like many things, animation should be used in moderation in Power­Point. One place where it can be meaningfully applied is in presentations that are designed to be delivered via internet portal, such as a webinar. First, determine that your chosen portal supports animation. More and more, this is the case, but it’s always a good idea to check first. If it does, here are three techniques you can use to bring life to your content.

A drop in the bucket

To depict an item landing in a container, such as an email landing in the Junk folder, you’ll need two images: one of the container and one of an email. Placement and path are negotiable in this technique, but I like to start with an envelope in the upper left and a trash can in the lower right. Choose one with an open top. Duplicate the trash can image and crop the top one so that the opening of the can is cropped away. Only the back image should have the opening of the can comp...(register to read more)

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